Rider normally runs bike on low beam or leaves house with low beam on; does not keep high beam on at all times. If you do ride with the high beam on while leaving the house, the remote will operate when you pull in the clutch to shift, leaving your garage door open.
The garage door opener will mimic the operation of the starter. Note the diagram of how the starter motor operates. The high beam will open your garage door when the bike is in neutral or the clutch is pulled in while in gear. When those conditions are met, there is a path to ground. We are using that switched path to operate the other half of the relay. This is accomplished by using the ground located at either the clutch switch diode or at the starter switch relay. If you just used the frame ground or were connected directly to the battery, the remote would stay on when you rode with the high beams on, which would wear down the battery in the remote.
| Gear Position | Side Stand | Clutch Lever | Starter Motor |
|---|---|---|---|
| In any gear | Up | Pulled in | Operates |
| Released | Does not operate | ||
| Down | Pulled in | Does not operate | |
| Released | Does not operate |
Note the pictures of my remote for study.
Take apart your spare remote and remove the battery. Solder two small wires onto the contacts at the switch that make the door open. It is a good idea to use a multimeter with a continuity function to verify exactly which contacts to use.
Drill a small hole into an area of the case to route the wires.
I added a two-pin connector for quick removal to change the battery.
Contact #85: -12V to relay coil. Connect a wire from the Green wire w/red trace located at either the clutch switch diode or the starter solenoid. In the pictures, it is the thin wire in the top left corner.
Contact #86: +12V power to relay coil: Connect a wire from the high beam at the head light. While in front of the bike looking at the wiring, the high beam is the wire on the left in the 3-prong headlight connector with the middle connector facing upwards as in the picture below.
Contact #87 & contact #30: Wires from garage door opener, does not matter which one goes where. The relay is acting as a switch. There is no power being passed from the bike's electronics to the remote.
Picture of where I mounted the opener. I mounted the relay under the seat.
